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‘The tide may flood law firms, but I remain unconvinced that it will engulf the Bar’

The profession which I am to join in September as a pupil barrister is facing...

22 May 2013 09:22

Anonymous case report of the week

The Court of Appeal’s recent judgement in AAA (by her litigation friend BBB) v Associated...

21 May 2013 15:12

Legal Tumblrs: Because lawyers can do LOLcats too

Tumblr, the home of the animated gif and the LOLcat, is suddenly everywhere following its...

21 May 2013 13:37

The 10 best #SaveUKJustice images

One of the happy side effects of the #SaveUKJustice campaign is that it has allowed...

21 May 2013 10:03

‘New Fathers 4 Justice’ set to disrupt London Legal Walk

Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice is promising to send a team of superheroes to...

20 May 2013 12:52

Taxi for the bar – and the music industry?

The Stobart Group’s foray into law may just be the beginning of a campaign for...

20 May 2013 09:29

‘Why I turned down a place to study law at Manchester University to become a legal executive’

Is Rhys Bevan crazy? Why would anyone in their right mind reject a place at...

17 May 2013 14:10

‘I’ve come quite a long way since leaving Hull University with a Desmond’

In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...

17 May 2013 09:41

‘I won’t be working for a corporation that views defendants as tongue-and-rectum sausage pate to be stuffed through the machine’

A rookie criminal barrister contemplates an uncertain future… The spirit of Thatcherism looms large over...

16 May 2013 13:37

Lawyer commissions R’n’B ballad in his honour – then plays it on loop on his website

Visitors to the website of US lawyer Carl B Grant are greeted by a tuneful...

16 May 2013 09:01